By Unini Chioma *Says Judges covering up corrupt colleagues destroying the judiciary Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN) has blamed lawyers for the increase in corruption within the judiciary. Speaking in an interview with Punch Newspapers, the […]
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By Unini Chioma *Urges Judiciary To Protect Judges From Succumbing to Intimidation Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has described as alarming the intimidation of judges by the National Judicial Commission (NJC). He believes that the judiciary does not do enough to […]
By Unini Chioma The Adamawa State government has confirmed the appointment of Justice Nathan Musa as the state’s new Chief Judge. Also appointed are head of Sharia Court of Appeal, Usman Girei and President, Customary Court of Appeal, Peter Wajilda. Gov […]
By Dennis Erezi Austine Avuru Founder and former MD/CEO of Seplat, Austin Avuru, has urged members of the public to disregard his purported sacking as a non-executive director of the company. Avuru in a statement by his lawyer, Osaro Eghobamien, SAN […]
By Okungbowa Aiwerie The family of Sylvester Oromoni Jnr, the pupil of Dowen College, Lagos, alleged to have been killed by his schoolmates, have kicked against the bail granted five pupils of the school being tried for Oromoni Jnr’s murder. A […]
• Fayemi lays foundation for Magistrates’ Court’s complex in Port Harcourt By Mike Odiegwu Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has queried the Judiciary in the state over its utilisation of all the budgetary allocations it received from the government in the […]
By Mike Odiegwu Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has described as alarming the intimidation of judges by the National Judicial Commission (NJC). He believes that the judiciary does not do enough to protect judges. He said most politicians who lose cases […]
By Unini Chioma A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday fixed February 15, 2022, for a hearing of the suit by 36 states governors seeking to stop deductions of $418m Paris Club refund debt. Justice Inyang Ekwo directed lawyers to […]
AUTHOR:Bolanle Olabimtan The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has awarded N147 million as compensation to 27 victims of police brutality. Following the #EndSARS protest in 2020, the federal government had directed states — including the FCT — to set up […]
By Yetunde Ayobami Ojo Justice Sherifat Solebo of the Lagos Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja has sentenced a self-acclaimed prophetess, Linda Mabi-Praise to five years imprisonment over a fraud of N128 million fraud. Mabi-Praise was sentenced after she was found […]